2010 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen TDI Review
Apr 11, 2010
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2010 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen TDI First, a definition: Cult car: a non-mainstream vehicle supported by a small but rabidly fanatic group of owners who would never even think of buying anything except the new version when theirs finally gives up the ghost. Here in the USA, small ... Continue reading
2010 Suzuki Grand Vitara Limited V6 4WD Review
Apr 2, 2010
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2010 Suzuki Grand Vitara Limited V6 4WD Want to see a good example of automotive evolution in action? Take a look at the 2010 Suzuki Grand Vitara. Long successful in motorcycles, Suzuki gained a four-wheeled foothold in the American automotive marketplace with small Third-World uti ... Continue reading
Mar 21, 2010
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2010 Audi A3 TDI Which of the following words doesn't fit with the others: diesel, sport, luxury? Congratulations! If you answered "diesel", you lose. Big time! All three fit together very well, as exemplified by the newest addition to Audi's A3 compact sport hatchback line, the 20 ... Continue reading
2010 Jeep Compass Limited 4x4 - Review
Mar 11, 2010
At the top of the lineup, the Grand Cherokee was equally at home at the country club or way out in the country, far from pavement and civilization. The entry-level Wrangler was and is the best inexpensive turn-key offroad machine on wheels. This is because of it's simplicity. ... Continue reading
2010 Chevrolet Camaro V6 2LT Review
Mar 4, 2010
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2010 Chevrolet Camaro V6 2LT The "baby" six-cylinder versions of pony and muscle cars (different classes in the past but pretty much one and the same today) have always been disparaged -- "secretary's car" was the (oh so derogatory) term in the days before political correctness -- ... Continue reading
Feb 25, 2010
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2011 Kia Sorento Preview When I first drove a Kia Sorento, back in 2003, I was surprised. Impressed, even. It was a solid, well-designed and well-built small midsize SUV that, even with traditional body-on-frame construction felt like a car-based crossover. It compared favorably wi ... Continue reading
2010 Ford Transit Connect Review
Feb 21, 2010
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2010 Ford Transit Connect Review This week it's time for something different. Unless you've spent time on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, anyway, in which case the Ford Transit Connect will likely be familiar. The Transit Connect is Ford's entry in the European small van clas ... Continue reading
2010 Subaru Forester XT Limited Review
Feb 13, 2010
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2010 Subaru Forester XT Limited Review Have you ever had the experience of meeting someone you hadn't seen in many years, and didn't quite recognize because he or she had grown more than a little? I've just had that feeling with the 2010 Subaru Forester. When it debuted in model ye ... Continue reading
Feb 7, 2010
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2010 Lincoln MKT FWD And now for something different - the 2010 Lincoln MKT. "Crossover" is the vehicular category du jour, meaning a cross of SUV room and visibility with car chassis and driving experience. An adaptive radiation is taking place as "in" crossovers replace the now-" ... Continue reading
2010 GMC Terrain SLE-2 Review By Carey Russ
Jan 31, 2010
2010 GMC Terrain SLE-2 Review, DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2010 GMC Terrain SLE-2 GMC, truck specialist of the General Motors family, has something new for 2010. The Terrain is a mid-sized SUV made on a unibody platform. Elsewhere that's cause for "crossover" as if there is some embarrassment in the words "tr ... Continue reading
Jan 23, 2010
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2010 Lexus ES 350 Review Luxury, in a car, is about prestige, comfort, convenience, and style. In the automotive world, luxury is segmented, from "near-luxury" pretenders -- non-prestige brands with a dollop of luxury features -- to "entry-luxury" mid-sized or compact, with the rig ... Continue reading
2010 Ford Mustang GT Premium Review
Jan 15, 2010
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2010 Ford Mustang GT Premium The word "icon" has been overused to cliche status, but sometimes it still rings true. As in describing the Ford Mustang, for example. With an uninterrupted run since mid-1964, not only did the Mustang create the "pony car" class that revolutionized Ame ... Continue reading
2010 Cadillac CTS Premium Sport Wagon
Jan 8, 2010
DRIVING DOWN THE ROADWITH CAREY RUSS 2010 Cadillac CTS Premium Sport Wagon Wagons get no respect, at least in the U. S. Here, the traditional based-on-a-sedan wagon has become a tiny market niche. Perhaps some blame, from a car enthusiast's viewpoint, could be placed on Detroit land yachts made from the 1950s through t ... Continue reading
2010 Volkswagen Golf TDI Review
Dec 31, 2009
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2010 Volkswagen Golf TDI If your last experience with a diesel-powered Volkswagen was with a slow, smoky Rabbit Diesel back in the 70s or 80s, times have changed. Considerably. Diesel is not what it once was - massive technical changes analogous to what happened to gasoline engines ... Continue reading
Dec 24, 2009
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2010 Lincoln MKZ AWD Lincoln, in common with nearly every other established luxury car maker, has had to overcome a generation gap. What their parents desired, the potential customers of the 90s and this decade - "baby boomers", "Generation X", and younger - did not. Large, softly- ... Continue reading
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